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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-07-14

M N. c. Dopon


o. don't you remember the old fashioned doc
Who. when wo were children. would enter the
room
And, looking as wise as an owl OF a proctor.
Would frighten and lll us with thoughts Of
the tomb?
He'd stalk TO our cribside and order us grufiy
To stick out our tongue. which we'd do with
such dread
And give, whiis he handled our pulses so
roughly,
An ominous shake OF his solemn old head.
And then. whiie he listened TO mothers do
scription
OF things we had eaton and what we had
Ho grimly would write his old Latin prescrip-
tion
For nastiest medicines under the sun.
Those horrible doses. How mother would scold
And beg us aud buy us to take em in vain.
And o. how we'd struggle when father would
hold us
And squeeze shut our noses regardless of
pain.
And. when forced 90 open our mouths. quickly
Would shove In spoonful that strangled us
till
We spluttered IL out-just In time for another.
It's vile, deathly tastes in our memory still.
Thank goodness that old fashioned dosing is on
dod.
With sweet candy pellets and powders in
The sick little toddlers who take 'em so splendid
That even the well ones cry for EN- too.
Detroit Free Press.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-07-14
A Boom In Real Estate.

Excited Tenant-"See here Mr..
Rackrent, there's spring broken
through my cellar walls and the cellar
is just flooded" Old Rackrent (calm-
ly-"That SOP Good strong spring."
Excited Tenant should say strong;
Wen all be drowned if sOmethin.
isn't done to that cellar" "Well,
don't see but What Ill have to raise
your rent about 81 month; there's
nothing adds to the value of a house
so much as a good water supply. y
Brooklyn Eagle.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-07-14

MISS ELIZABETH MAUD JEROME, q
New Haven heiress, was married the
other day to Yam Phon Lee, the young
Chinaman who recently graduated with
high honors at Yale. The groom in
tends to enter the journalistic field.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-07-14

An escaped lunatic stepped from
train at Jonesboro, Ark, walked up to
a crowd OF people and emptied his re-
voIver in their midst. One man was
instantly killed, and another fatally
wounded. The murderer was captured.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-07-14

The business men OF Evart have
formed an association for the advancement
of the interests of the village, and have
also joined the State Business Mems As
sociation. They now havO o membership
Of thirty four.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-07-14

The first school taught in Stockbridge,
Ingham County, was by Miss Stephens. q
sister Of Hon. William M. Stephens and
Mrs. o. s. Gregory. She is still living.
Her wages were rs cents rer week, con-
iracted 10 be paid for in yarn.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-07-14
Our Desires.

So endless and exorbitant are the
desires of men that they will grasp at
all. and can form no scheme of perfect
happiness with less.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-07-14

CowHIcK g. WHITcoMB's dry goods
store, at Cheyenne. w. t., was burned.
The total loss is $140, 900, with insur-
ance aggregating $12l, 200.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-07-14

PARNELL is at Carlsbad suffering
from diabetes.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-03-11
Lemon Street
palatka, Florida.
FLORIDA NEWS.
Items Of Interest CuIlei from THE News
Exchanges.

Items Of Interest CuIled from THE News"
Exchanges
All the cigar factories at Ybor CITY are
working their full complement of opera
tives. YbOr & Co. have brought men
over from Havana and Key West to re-
place the ones who We're discharged dur
ing the recent strike. They say there
will be no further trouble. but say they
expect to manage their business in the
future without reference to the demands
of the Labor Union.
DIR. Abernethy. of Altoona. is having a
20-foot canal dug between Lakes King
and Mineola. across the land recently
purchased by him. and which he h hav-
ing cleared preparatory to setting out in
groves and for strawberry culture liz Is
expected that the canal will lower Lake
King several inches. thereby retaining
considerable land.
Referring to the fruits growing about
Lake City the Tobacco Plant says: The
banana is one of the fruits of our section
we have SO far neglected to mention. Ii
grows here luxuriantly and produces
abundantly; and it is the most magniti-
cent Of all our foliage plants Nectar
ines, apricots. prunes. occasionally
guavas, and an abundance of pecan.
hickory and other nuts had also escaped
III"
The annual meeting of the South Flor
ida railroad company was held
Wednesday. at Sanford. H. IL. Plant.
r. NJ. Pulsifier, h. F. Newcomer. f. Il.
| and w. s. Chisholm were elected direC-
| tors. Jas. f. Ingraham was elected
president. r. NJ. Pulsifer. vice-president,
| F. III. Rand, secretary, and &. G.. Has
kell, treasurer.
The Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton of Orlando proposes to erect build
| ing to accommodate its increased pat
ronage. The edifice will be 46 10y -
feet, three stories high. ON the corner Of
Court and Pine streets, To cost about
$4,000. About 5000 has already been
subscribed There will be a ladies par
lOr, a reading room, a Secretary's room.
| a room for boys. bath room.
kitchen and various offices on tine sec
Ond floor. The third floor will be iii
vided between "A gymnasium and a hal
for public meetings Of the Association.
According to writer in the SOaT
Florida irgtds two fruit trees standing
| thirty feet apart in the grove ri h. TX.
Swope, near Maitland. "A crimson tanger
inc and a navel orange. exert a singular
effect upon each other. The tangerin,
shows the navel mark ON the fruit oi
Just on.-lialf the tree. ami. of course, on
that side of it nearest the navel tree.
The post office at Arcadia, i'm Manate,
county, was totally destroyed night ol
two ago by fire, with all its contents in
Guiding several mail bags. and all tn,
mail in the office. On the same night
the residence of w. Il. ClarksOn. a
Oriole, in fernando county. was ds.
stroyed by fire, entailing a heavy loss 81
the owner.
| DIR. j. j. Harris. our esteemed contem
porary of the South Florida ,JoHsHai
has been appointed Postmaster at San
ford, rice Rev. Lyman Phelps. whe~.
commission has expired. This il a goo.
appointment, and the public and tin
Democratic party will rejoice to- know
that the appointment has fallen To- s'
worthy and courteous gentleman.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-03-11
Dr. Crosby Understood Him.
New York Herald.

Since DIR. Howard came out as an ac-
tive champion for high licenss. both the
proi,ibitIonist and the no-license-at- all
champion have becn telling this story:
One day. as Dr. Crosby was riding up
town ON Fourth ayeneue ear. "A citizen
who was very much tia. worse for liquor
got on. and soon got everything in "A tur-
MOL. Several passengers tried To quiet
him. hut only succeeded i'm making him
noiser than ever. AT length DIR.
Crosby said he would try To calm the
mans excitement. and crossed the car
and sat down beside him. To every
body : establishment the drunken man
yielded To the ciergymans persuasive
talk and suave manners.
At last the ear reached the street at
which the inebriate man wanted tn get
Oft. and came to "a standstill. Drawing
himself up by the aid of "A car strap. to "A
position I'll unsteady dignity. the drunk
I'm man gaZ.ri around AT the passengers
with a look that WAS meant To- express
supreme Srorn.
You don't know (hict-how Ia treat a
gentleman IN my thicb-my condition:
You don't. lac cried. angrily. Then he
looked down kindly at Dr. Crosby. and.
tapping him on the shoulder. added en-
couragingiy: But You understand me
thicl; you understand me. You've been
there Yourself.
The story tickles Dr. Crosby every
time he hears il told. Its "A good story.
lac sans, and what's more. its per
f.ttly true"
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-03-11
Culture of the Pecan.
Home and Farm.


Please allow me space in your farmers
friend to answer the numerous inquirie,
as to pecan culture: | will say at the
outset that what | know of the pecan il
from observation and from nature. as the
tree has never been cultivated a. "A crop
in this country. although this seems to
be its home. The trees require "A deep.
rich, loan soil and makes best ON sandy
soil. though does well on black wax soil
with sandy subsoil. A moist creek or
branch bottom will do well if drained So
the water will not stand. In planting IA
grove / would always select "A rich place
of bottom land subject to overflow, but
not a pond. Plant trees fifty feet each
way keep down all other underground.
or which is better. cultivate any crop
wish, as cultivation improves the growth
of both trees and nuts. Use same pre-
caution III setting AZ You would any for
est tree. but on very stiff land. | should
partly fill il with sand. as it will yield IL
the pressure of the young roots more
readily. where land il no object. | would
give 100 feet, and when ten feet high. |
would cut back to eight. which will give
three or more branches. When they are
six feet long, cut hack Ia five. which
will double the number. They will Ice i'm
bearing at from five To eight years. and
by that time will shade the land Ia
such an extent that cultivation VIII liz
prOfitless as for other crops. The yield
will be small ut first. but will increase
with size. / have seen fifteen bushels
taken from one tree, and they grow IN
the Mississippi valley to- be- five feet in
diameter. In planting seed, never cover
more than two or three inches deep.
aipg in "A mixture of sand and gOoc!
GARDEN soil. Wnar 4..sx will be sure t.
/ keen moist but not wet and t,f-~--<>AA- =
freeze. As 1 think that necessary tn thei
| examination
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-03-11
.-"''' s.a. Ford. a U SIN a a; :: !. nr,.
China, CroCkery, Glass, Tin and Willow Ware, TOYS, Etc.

thousand people packed the public
square.
The second shock was more terrible
than the first To tell the truth. could
not tell whether it was two seconds or
two hours after the first shock But il
was fearful CONFUSION. Then the panic
became general. Think of it-seventy
thousand people trying to dodge twenty
thousand buildings. L expected every
New York could not have stood a minute
under such shocks. The great blocks of
public buildings rose and fell like ships
i'm a storm.
The motion was unlike anything
moved by natural laws. Gravitation
seemed entirely suspended during the
throes. Ny feet would be i'm the air and
a moment later / could see the tops of
four story houses as they leaned over on
the earth pillows sweeping across the
city.
Fortunately for US. Mr.. Burke and
myself had purchased tickets for Paris
On the previous day. At the station We
found $4,000 people praying to go on the
next train. The ears holding seventy
/ people were literally packed with hui
manity. but "A multitude who We're out
side could not get near the train. As
| high ass .OJof. were Offered for place
ON the train. The first earthquake shock
/ came at q O'Clock. At 3 O'Clock word
WAS received by telegraph that another
shock from Rome or some other point
would reach Nice i'm an hour. This Gre
ated a fresh panic. Men in their excite
Inent shoul.iered half dressed women,
thinking they We're trunks. Women
ran around trying To save little trinkets,
utterly btreft Of sense or Judgment and
imploring the guards To put them on the
ears. The morning ears did not get OIL
until noon. Then l was happy. An
| earthquake changes "A mans nature.
did not care whether the town sank
with everybody in il, if could only get
away. No more earthquake for me
Cool night"
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-03-11
Geological Survey Of Florida.

We have before US the first report of
the Geological Survey of Florida. 1t is
a full, but not u thorough survey of the
field. Enough has been discovered by
Prof. Kost to justify an appropriation
amply sufficient to do the work well.
He suggests that the Legislature provide
the means as the results of his work
justify. He also suggests the employ
ment of a chemist to cooperate with the
geologist. together with corps of COM
pent engineers. We trust to find room
tomorrow for copious extracts from this
report.
But we can state briefly to-day that
Prof. Kost has discovered considerable
deposits of mineral suitable for the me
chanic arts and agriculture. Phosphates
exist in abundance. marls and lime in
great quantities; clay. of beautiful
black and red texture, of great fineness.
exists in the western portion of the State.
iron has been discovered in many locali-
ties The presence of coal is also a set
tied fact. of the soft brown or Ignite va
riety. On the Blackwater River, one
mile north of Milton, a vein of this kind
of coal was found of the thickness OF
thirty inches. This same kind of coal is
used To propel trains over the Rocky
Mountains ON the Pacific Railroad. Prof.
Kost says no one knows how much
coal there is in the deposit. but he per-
mits himself to indulge in the hope that
- may prove of considerable breadth and
depth.
This is an encouraging report and the
results are clearly tangible. We have
all along believed it good plan To dive
into the bowels of the State and see
what could be found. We know that
there are innumerable things ON the
surface that could be utilized to advan-
tage IL once pointed out
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-03-11
AN EARTHQUAKES HORRORS.
Interview with American Direct From
NIee-House> Rocked Like ships
New York Herald.


New York Herald.
The night was filled with revelry.
Balls were held i'm the city. but there
were ~. go people at the one great ball
of the night.
Il went to that ball. and it was very
late when l reached home. said Colonel
Tone.
Il was auartered on the third floor of
the Grand Hotel Though il was nearly
daylight could not sleep and 81 lay in
bed reading a book. Suddenly. AMI
without warning. "A roar more terrible
than tornado came. \ thousand mines
seemed exploding under the floor and a
thousand trains of cans seemed rolling
over the roof. The noise was indescriba-
BILE. 1t seemed as if the world Were
being ground tn pieces and the city with
it. The first shock threw me into the
middle of the floor. which tipped up like
the roof of a house. l tried To walk. hut
was pitched headiong across the room.
The bed rolled from side To side and |
went after it. l was shaken a. strong
man shakes "A boy. As soon as | could
master myself managed by a great ef-
fort to reach the door leading into Mr.
Burk's room adjoining. Ii was locked.
/ kicked and pounded. but in that awful
roar could only Just hear his voice. |
shouted as loud as / could. and yelled
that il was an earthquake-thatw We must
fiy to the street. We burst open the
double doors. and, i'm some way. | don't
know how, got down stairs while the
great walls, ten feet thick, We're cracking
with artillery reports
The scenes in the corridors and on the
floors below US We're like a riot in a mad
house Beautiful women. with long hair
streaming down their backs. rushed
wildly around, beseeching the porters TO
save them One woman. who had been
the belle of many a great ball. appeared
in a single garment with "A bird cage and
two canaries. The birds We're 50 fright
ened that they hung with their hacks
downward from their perches with their
ewes closed. The lady reached the street.
where some one gave her a wrap for her
shoulders. but she had no skirt Having
experienced earthquakes i'm San Fran
cisco, 1 thought Was familiar with them,
hut 1t Nice the horror was beyond de-
scription. On the street the people lost
their heads. Fifty dollars were offered
for any kind Of a vehicle Hundreds of
ladies in their night garments fell ON their
knees before great rough porters more
frightened than themselves Money
could not hire them To go into the build
ings for trunks. We dragged down our
luggage and saved everything Twenty
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-03-11
PALATKA. FLA, MARCH II, 1887
TO SUBSCRIBERS.

THE DAILY NEWS will be continued to
all subscribers for the time paid for,
without additional charge. When they
renew their subscriptions they will be
required to pay the new rate, which is
- per year instead of s..
Mr.. E. C. Post has been appointed an
agent to visit our subscribers and solicit
the continuation of their patronage, and
ssich others as may desire to become
subscribers. We have adopted the adj
vance pay system 1t is best for all par
ties concerned. We trust the citizens of
Palatka will extend to THE NEWS a
Nd LIBERAL patronage.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-03-11
Let EurOpe Pay for Ii.

While the American sea coast should
undoubtedly be protected against any
possible foreign enemy, the failure of
the two Houses of Conguasto agree
upon the Fertilization Bill is not an un-
mixed evil. The fact is that ever since
the duel of the Monitor and Merrimac
the civilized nations of the earth have
been experimenting with armored ships
and big guns. The Americans set the
first lesson in the new naval w<DRare and
the nations of Europe have been study
ing the question ever since. Experiment
tai tssfs 6.S0rk shops and on shooting
ranges, do not decide IN ri value and
only indicate the ultimate jesult of the
efforts to produce impreg9&ble iron war
ships and irresistible guns. That these
efforts must fail in one line or the other
is the only certain thing in the new de-
veIopment of the art of naval warfare.
So far the guns are ahead. They will
carry far beyond the limit Of accurate
fire, and the latest monster will send its
projecffle through almost incredible
thicknesses of steel and solid oak, while
many of the new English warships seem
to be more dangerous to their crews and
| to peaceful vessels of commerce that may
be in their vicinity than to any possible
enemy well projected behind modern for
tifications, though they are fitted to
| throw heavy metal.
America is all the better prepared to
i hxr tn, - th.asSa T.
whenever a great foreign war shall de
eide the unsettled problem. II is no Sc
cret that foreign naval departments ars
not satisfied that their experiments are
conclusive. Ii has even been suggested
that return to wooden ships is possible
value as showing how much doubt ex
lists The propositions before Congres.
involved the expenditure of over sixteeT
millions of dollars mainly in experiment,
and in various plants to produce gum
where the machinery might be many
times altered before the ordnance ex
perts were satisfied that they were pro
ducing the best possible results. Al
these experiments involved the loss o
years of time before the actual manufac
ture Of guns in quantities should begin
as. in the meantime, the appropriation
would grow like the genius the fisherman
in the Arabian Nights released from hi
prison in box; as there was q stron,
smack of job to benefit American stee
manufacturers at the expense Of tn
American people; and as the whole sub
ject Of fortification depends upon the 50
luton of these ordnance problems, TIN
American people can afford to wal
while the European nations continu
to menace each other and vast
millions in guns and ships that are sooa
surpassed by greater cannon and NOR
| mOnstrous vessels.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-03-11
TIE .Nex.r Rnlarxed.

lnc N0WD
With this number of the PALAfKA
DAILY NEWS, enlarged in length and
number Of columns, we begin the pub
LEGATION of the Associated Press de- |
spatches- The growing Importance of
the section of which Palatka is the nat
ural outlet to the North demands a daily
representation in the circle Of Journal
ism and the number and intelligence Of
the citizens of that section equally re-
quire that the best facilities for obtain
ing the latest news should be laid before
of South Florida leads us to hope that
its citizens will encourage and patronize
us. Every daily paper is an experiment
for the first year, but we can assure our
readers that the resources Of the PALAT-
KA News are ample to try that expert
ment to the fullest degree. The field
seems to be one in which an enterprising
| journal, run as a ne,rspaper and not as
| an organ, should flourish. The facilities
for distribution are good and will in
crease in efficacy rapidly. The same may
be said for the means Of collecting
news from points in the peninsula.
The Associated Press news, with the
special services Of correspondents which,
it is expected, will be gradually added
covering the great center Of population
ON the Atlantic seaboard and in the
Mississippi valley, will enable our read
ers each day to learn what happened the
day before in the New and the Old World
Weprumise 70 give the news to our full
est capacity; to make the paper attract
i've to the understanding and to the eye
above all to maintain a high STANDARD
and keep it clean and honorable as wei
as a newsy sheet.
Democratic newspaper; without politica
friends to reward On foes within its par
ty to punish; except by the approval o
what is priseworthy and for the publi'
good and blame for what is base and an
patriotic. Further than this it has M
pledges to make.
The development Of the Sunny PENN
sula between the coasts of which
it is published will be the highes
object of its endeavOr. Who
not friend of the people Of whom
he is one, and of the State o
which he is a citizen, is am enemy of, o
an obstruction to, the human race
, The resources and capabilities of tn
State are barely dreamed of, yet. To le
the light of publicity shine upon its hid
: den riches, will be our aim. The mos
southern daily in the Associated Press
we shall endeavor to aid in doing for tn
State the good work which has been don
in other new States by a vigorous am
: enterprising press. Steering betweel
egotism and abasement, we shall en-
deavor to pursue such a course as vii
: procure us the esteem Of every high
minded reader.
With this number Oscar Edgar, late O
the New York World, and formerly O
> the Cincinnati Enquirer, takes charge Q
: the PALATKA NEWS, daily and weekly
as its managing editor, assuming tn
entire editorial control.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-03-11

The market for oranges is improving.
Two thousand boxes We're sold at auction
i'm Boston ON Wednesday at $4.75 per
box, for highest price. The average
Young, of Orange Springs, will ship
thirty boxes from his grove tomorrow,
which are contracted for at 81 per box.
Growers who have held their fruit until
the present wifi certainly realize large
Hu,rrps
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-03-11

thing he very mnch feared-..the want
of proper sewerage" He, therefore.
warned Jacksonville and other cities
that if they desired health and content
ment, they must provide better and COM
plete sewerage systems Palatka is in
Guided in the list that should heed this
warning
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-03-11

The stock of the Orlando street railway
has all been taken and is now worth
more than par. This could be said of
the proposed street railroad in Palatka,
running to the Heights and the railway
junction. if mistaken and rather mar
row view of public policy did not pre-
vent the town enjoying this needed i'm
proyement.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-03-11

The boundary line between Mexico
and the United States runs through the
town of Nogales, and now the govern
ments of the two nations are in active
correspondence concerning fight be-
tween residents of the town residing ON
different sides of the .lipe. 1t you'd be
cheaper to pension the jewellers ON both
sides of the line and remove
them than to 90 to war
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-03-11

Speaker Carlisle says the Forty Ninth
Congress was a Woodworking body; that
it has passed more important bills than
any other Congress since the war. There
valua r,sasaa1
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-03-11

War is expected to break out in Eu-
the Northern countries. Come to think
of il, it is well that the whole world
does not enjoy Florida climate.